Fender.



F. IVICCALLIN.

FENDER.'

APPLICATION FILED JULY I9, I9I6.

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FENDER. 4 APPLICATION r1LED1uLY19.1916

PntentedSopt. 12, 1916.

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lF. MCCALLIN.

FENDER. APPUCATIONHLEDJuLYl9,191e.

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View showing the improved fender etteeheol peoiiceton of Lettere Patent.

To all whom, it' may coi/1.0mm:

e it known that l, liimivos MUCMJME. e, eitizen of the United ttetes, residing et Long lslend City,'in the couiitjf et? Queens emi ltete oi New York, have invented eer tehroew :mtl 'useful limprovemehte in Fem).- eis, oi7 "which the following is e. speeitieetioii.

Mv invention rehrtes to new ood oeeul improvements in feeders 'which may he ree-rl leced ivi 'position oothe front oi en electric or troiley eer5 or with e i'ew :slight Changes may -he 'mede easily atleet' ehle 'for use with automobiles.

-f'tri object of my invention is to preeleoe mi erreigemeiit wherein the 'feeder when in eee. either on en eutoxiohile or ori et surface' eer has e lower portion which iiormellv is in o slightly raised position but low enough to the gremio, so that it will he impossible i'or anyone to pass thereunder emi; on the other hond, when 'the fender strook or come?, in emot-:1ct with e.. pedestrian the shoclr; wilt be somewhat-'teken op ov the tender :md et the seme time the tender (lccreeses in its angle of elevation .so theft it exteeols et right angles to the ground emi will prevent the personel' object strook from going under the wheels.

Still another object oi'my invention is to produce a. fender that may oe easily sind readily ettechedvto the trolley cor or to en automobile 'end may he quickly :md readily (let-eolie@` tlgrefrmri it so desired.

Still flpother object of my invention is to prodiieei'fe fender wherein the springs are positioned on the guides or sopporto of the Jfender so that the same take up a amount oi' space.

Still another object of my invention is to produce e fender oi' the character described. that will be relatively easy to manufacture, having out 'ew parts and relatively light in Weight.

With these 'enel other objects in view my invention consits in certain new and novel constructions and combination of will` be hereineiite'r more fully described and ointed lout in the claims.

Referring now to the drawings, Figure l is a. sectional vievv longitudinally of weer. Fig. 2 is e` front .elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is e top plan view; Fig. fi is e sectional to the front ot 'en automobile. 4 iig. 5 .ie e *front eievetioii of the clevice es shown iii Fig. It. Fig. Sis 'e top plan View showing minimum 'cheepto onstruet and parte es Fig. 7 is e, zieteoheol E4 is im enlarged detail.

new to the drawings there is ehowri e portion et iorigituclinsl heem or' Vsill oi' e l. miti e heem 9;, Whichextemls transversely et the eer or :lo other Words tro-rn, ill to sill. e 'if-eem ie eieo shown which exten treiieverselj/ oft tiieeer emi which hoorn is more clearly shown iii-Fig'. This oeem they coiiveoieotiy fastened. to the 'onder portion ot' the steps et thefromt of the cer (not shown),

,Y ositioii. will he umlerstooci that the two Jeems fihove meotioiiefi, theta il emi 3 may he fastened in eey preferable fooi-:itim'riv or or et eey eonvenient meneer, )oet so they extend transversely ot, v

the seii ear.

lite'lerring' new to Fig. 2 'for the moxiient, it will he seen 'that termiog e *gert of my impilfoved fender the tivo Vomights e :intl which are itleifitieeleiicl e. description of the oiiewiil he e deseriptioii oi' the other. These uprlghts preiereloiy have o, heed 6 which is :esteriefi iii eey preierehlememier to the boem 2., emi shown iii Fig. l., this beam in 'this instance hes e filler i', so that there vvili he no emieeessery rattle. Extend-- ing between the eprights i eed 5 ere seeure. the guards or strips 8 vv'hieh ere also testeried in any preferable meneer, emi may' 'he of metal or wood es Clesireelf` The lower ends of these iiprights li eetl 5 are doublel on themselves to form the hinged loop 9 end eem' i preferably the opper portieri ot the' loop the seme is ageiii bent es et 10 inwardly :und thee upwardly es et il.. so thet gielidiing ring 12 may he eoiiveiiieritly placed over-.the

seme toholfl the loop in position.

Referring now 'to its iiorniel or locked rights 4t emi 'just tiemrihecl, that there is 1Whitt l-term, e foundation board 13, which is elepted to extend et right 'ongles to the seid uprights t eetl 5 end .to which ioimfletion hoard ere rigidly hangers 1i mi 'l5 which heiigers ere ed topess over the portions 9 oi tiret rights 4f and 5, of course er'iiter the-fri hee been movecl upw erdly. This fouiiietioii hoerrl 13 extends completely; 'th A V of the eer emi :it its .outer eclgefisfhiu fr member which l eee oieiitljv tl goor@ it. Thie .geerd lt'ieemi f @swinging moveriteet. from evertifcel dei the lower portion of foncier which is etteelieli to thetwofuf it vvil'iloeseerr l from secured "the tion, that is the lower end from a position directly opposite, or at right angles to the foundation board 13 to a horizontal posit-ion. Secured to this life guard 16 are the two eyelets 17 to which in turn are fastened the chains 18. Also in this instance the chains ,and their coacting tension members are identical, and a description of the one is a description of the other. Located on the said foundation board 13 are the .two uprights, or bases 19 in which are mounted the pulleys 20 and over each of which passes the heretofore mentioned chains 18, which chains pass through openings 21 in the said foundation board 1'3. the moment to Figs. 3 and 7 it is to be noticed that there aire also two inwardly extending supports 22, the outer ends of which are secured to and support the said founda tion board 13 and which supports 22 extend longitudinally of the car and back to the beam 3, and at the rear ends of these supports 22 are the yokes 23 which are hinged as at 24, and may be locked when placed around the beam 3 by the bolt 25. Any form of fastening means at the rear end of these supv ports 22 may be employed although the form shown is a practical one. Located on the under surface of these supports 22 are the tension members '26, which may be as strong as desired and of any form, this member per se not forming any part of my invention, although a member sc'constructed that the spring may be enlarged or decreased, being of course preferable. Located also on the bottom of these supports 22 are the eyelets 27, through which the chains 18 pass. They also passthrough the said supports '22 and connect at their rear end tothe tension members 26. These eyelets 27 should be very rigidly secured to the said supports 22 as fastened to the said chains 18, and at a slight distance behind each eyelet 27 is a bolt or pin 28 that is too large to pass through the eyelet 27 which is adapted to contact on the inner side of the eyelet 27 and act as a. stop or guard on the chain 18, so that any load on the said chain 18 beyond the limit of the tension vmember 26, will be taken up on the eyelet 27, rather than addingan increased shock to the tension member 26. wh'eh might destroy the same. Also fastenefl on the front of the foundation boattd 13 -arethe small chains 29 which are adapted to be fastened to the chains 18 to regulate the upward position of the life guard 16. These chains preferably have a hook on the end thereof and may be hooked in any link of the chain 18 to prevent the said life guar-c1 16 from being raised to too high a position. .1

The running or normal position. therefore of the fender is' as shown in Fig. l, and it will be readily seen that if a person should fall under the car he would strike the life guard 16, and the impact would force the Referring how for same downwardly to a vertical position, the shock being transmitted through the chain 18 to the tension element 26 and a. great amount of the shock would be taken up by the said tension element. As soon as the person is removed, the life guard will again be pulled to the position as shown in Fig. 1 by the tension element 26 through the chain 18. By also providing the short chain 29, the life guard can be set in different positions and at such a position so that it is just too low for a person to pass under the same and still high enough not to-strike any small objects or bumps in the road hed.

VAs before mentioned the foundation hoard is supported'by the sup-ports 22 at its forward end and which` in turn4 are held in their horizontal position by the hangers 14 over the upright supports 4 and 5, and as this not a rigid connection, the necessary and slight amount of play is obtained. Also the bolts 25 at the rear of the straps 22 may be unfastened and the ring 12 may be slipped upward so that the supports 22, the foundation board 13 and the life guard 16 may be quickly and readily removed if desired.

Referring now to Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the improved device with a few slight changes or fastening means are shown as secured to the chassis of an automobile. .In this in-l stance extra straps 30 are secured to the uprights 4 and 5 and are in turn bolted to the longitudinal frames of the chassis as at 31, the fastening means on the rear end of the ,supports are similar to those used in the other form but preferably a little larger, as the axles of most automobiles are. I beams, therefore necessitating'a wider yoke. The operation of the device is similar and it will be understood that the cross. pieces 8 may be closer together or farther apart or a greater or lesser number used las desired. ln both forms I have shown an extra cross piece 32 to make the device more rigid, and

it will also be understood that any other form of bracing means may be used.

From 'the above description it will be Seen that with the improved arrangement as shown, it will be impossible for a person to get' under the wheels, that a great amount of the shock will be taken up by the life guard J16 through the. tension members 26', that the said life guard. may be normally raised to the position'desired and that the same after bing forced downwardly by an impact will stay in its downward position until the fallen body is moved out-pf contact with the said board. when 1t will again rise to its normal position. The tension elements are located directly on the rearwardly extending' supports so that the whole device takes up but a minimum amountof space, is positive in action and easily repaired if damaged. It will also be understood that many slight `.changes as to risente ing form, connecting-` means, ete., may' be einployed without departing from the spi it and scope of my linvention. i

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is zl. In a fender, supporting means adapted to be secured at their upper ends, a foundation board secured to said supporting means and remainilngy in its set position when in use and extendingV at right angles. thereto, hinged means secured to said foundation hoard and tension means connected indirectly with said means fastened at the outer end of said foundation board to normally hold the said means in a set position.

2. A fender comprising upright supports, a foundation boardextending at right angies to said supports and retained by said upright supports and remaining in its set position when in use, supporting means serured to said foundation board and exteuding rearwardly thereof and adapted to be secured at their rear ends tension means located on said rearwardly extending sup. ports, a life guard secured at the forward end of said foundation board, and means sonnent/inst said tensionV support and said life guard to permit said life 1(guard to be swung; downwardly when hit and to return said life guard to its normal position.

.5. )i fender tornprisiing;l two vertically eX? tending uprights, a foundation board mov-- ably held by said uprights, supports secured to said foundation board and extending real wardly thereof2 a. life guard secured to the outer end of said foundation board, pulleys ou said foundation board, tension members on said rearwardly extending supports, a chain fastened to said tension elements passing' over said pulleys and connected with said .life gliard to hold the said life guardV in a fixed position and to take up the shook when said life guard is forced downwardly.

4t. A fender comprising uprights, having the lower ends thereof bent upwardly, 'a life guard having eyelets adapted to pass over the upvardly bent portion of said uprights, supports connected at their forward ends to said foundation board and entendint,y rear- Vardly to a 'transversely extending member,

tension members located on the under portion of said support, a hinge member secured to the forward end of said foundation tion board z'novably secured to said uprights,'

said .foundation board -provided with two` guide wheels, `a life guard secured to the outer end of said foundation hoard9 rearwardly extending supports fastened at their forward end to said foundation board and adapted to be securely held at their rearward ends, tension elements secured to said rearwardly extending' supports, chains oonheating,F said tension elements and passimc over said guide Vwheels and through said supports and'foundation board to said life guard to return the said life guard to its upward position and to take up the impaot on said life guard when the saine is struck.

ln testimony whereof l have hereunto affixed my signature l? Rd. N t) l i?) M o@ Alim N 

